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Springer handbook of geographic information / [edited by] Kresse and Danko.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2012.Description: xxxi, 1120 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9783540726784
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.285 23 K92
Contents:
Part A. Basics and computer science -- 1. Modeling of geographic information / Charles Roswell -- 2. Mathematics and statistics / Frank Gielsdorf, Tobias Hillmann -- 3. Databases / Thomas Brinkhoff, Wolfgang Kresse -- 4. Encoding of geographic information / Clemens Portele -- 5. Data mining and knowledge discovery / Shuliang Wang, Wenzhong Shi -- Part B. Geographic information -- 6. Geographic information systems / Norbert Bartelme -- 7. Change detection / Jérôme Théau -- 8. Geodesy / Matthias Becker -- 9. Data capture / Michael Cramer [and others] -- 10. Geometry and topology / Gerhard Gröger, Betsy George -- 11. Portrayal and cartography / Paul Hardy, Kenneth Field -- 12. Geospatial metadata / David M. Danko -- 13. Standardization / Wolfgang Kresse, David M. Danko, Kian Fadaie -- 14. Web mapping and Web cartography / Andreas Neumann -- 15. Geosemantic interoperability and the geospatial semantic web / Jean Brodeur -- 16. Registration of geospatial information elements / C. Douglas O'Brien, Roger Lott -- 17. Security for open distributed geographic information systems / Andreas Matheus -- Part C. Applications -- 18. Ubiquitous geographic information / Tschangho J. Kim, Sung-Gheel Jong -- 19. Legal, law, cadastre / Markus Seifert -- 20. Planning / Frank Wilke -- 21. Location-based services / Alexander Zipf, Matthias M. Jöst -- 22. Computational movement analysis / Joachim Gudmundsson, Patrick Laube, Thomas Wolle -- 23. Marine geographic information systems / Lutz Vetter [and others] -- 24. GIS in agriculture / Ralf Bill, Edward Nash, Görres Grenzdörffer -- 25. GIS in defense / Gerhard Joos -- 26. GIS for transportation / Tschangho J. Kim, Keechoo Choi -- 27. Geology / Kristine Asch, Stephen J. Mathers, Holger Kessler -- 28. GIS in energy and utilities / William (Bill) Meehan, Robert G. Brook, Jessica Wyland -- 29. GIS in health and human services / William F. Davenhall, Christopher Kinabrew -- 30. Open-source GIS / Ranga R. Vatsavai [and others] -- 31. Open-source tools for environmental monitoring / Ari Jolma [and others].
Summary: This handbook includes separate sections on Basics and Applications, offering the reader a comprehensive view on Geographic Information. For ideal thematic separation the Basics are split into the sections Computer Science and Geoinformatics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A. Basics and computer science --
1. Modeling of geographic information / Charles Roswell --
2. Mathematics and statistics / Frank Gielsdorf, Tobias Hillmann --
3. Databases / Thomas Brinkhoff, Wolfgang Kresse --
4. Encoding of geographic information / Clemens Portele --
5. Data mining and knowledge discovery / Shuliang Wang, Wenzhong Shi --
Part B. Geographic information --
6. Geographic information systems / Norbert Bartelme --
7. Change detection / Jérôme Théau --
8. Geodesy / Matthias Becker --
9. Data capture / Michael Cramer [and others] --
10. Geometry and topology / Gerhard Gröger, Betsy George --
11. Portrayal and cartography / Paul Hardy, Kenneth Field --
12. Geospatial metadata / David M. Danko --
13. Standardization / Wolfgang Kresse, David M. Danko, Kian Fadaie --
14. Web mapping and Web cartography / Andreas Neumann --
15. Geosemantic interoperability and the geospatial semantic web / Jean Brodeur --
16. Registration of geospatial information elements / C. Douglas O'Brien, Roger Lott --
17. Security for open distributed geographic information systems / Andreas Matheus --
Part C. Applications --
18. Ubiquitous geographic information / Tschangho J. Kim, Sung-Gheel Jong --
19. Legal, law, cadastre / Markus Seifert --
20. Planning / Frank Wilke --
21. Location-based services / Alexander Zipf, Matthias M. Jöst --
22. Computational movement analysis / Joachim Gudmundsson, Patrick Laube, Thomas Wolle --
23. Marine geographic information systems / Lutz Vetter [and others] --
24. GIS in agriculture / Ralf Bill, Edward Nash, Görres Grenzdörffer --
25. GIS in defense / Gerhard Joos --
26. GIS for transportation / Tschangho J. Kim, Keechoo Choi --
27. Geology / Kristine Asch, Stephen J. Mathers, Holger Kessler --
28. GIS in energy and utilities / William (Bill) Meehan, Robert G. Brook, Jessica Wyland --
29. GIS in health and human services / William F. Davenhall, Christopher Kinabrew --
30. Open-source GIS / Ranga R. Vatsavai [and others] --
31. Open-source tools for environmental monitoring / Ari Jolma [and others].

This handbook includes separate sections on Basics and Applications, offering the reader a comprehensive view on Geographic Information. For ideal thematic separation the Basics are split into the sections Computer Science and Geoinformatics.

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